Monday, On3 released its way-too-early College Football Playoff pairings, wisely including the Illini alongside fellow Big Ten mainstays Oregon, Penn State ... whom Illinois and Bielema defeated ...

Four-star safety Kaedyn Cobbs committed to Illinois ... standout chose Bret Bielema's program over schools like Nebraska, UNLV, Texas Tech, UTSA, Baylor, SMU and Oklahoma State, among others.

Bret Bielema came ... junior tight ends and list Illinois among their finalists. "The (class of) 2026 in the state of Illinois is loaded, but also downstate," Bielema said. "I was at a basketball ...

Monday, On3 released its way-too-early College Football Playoff pairings, wisely including the Illini alongside fellow Big ...

Bret Bielema is building something in Champaign, and the rest of the country is starting to take notice. The post Texas ...

the Gamecocks were one of the odd teams left out of the playoff discussion and instead fell to Illinois and coach Bret Bielema, 21-17, in a hotly-contested Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. In recent weeks ...

Illinois has lost its outside linebackers coach for a third straight offseason. Clint Sintim is expected to leave the Illini after one season to join Colorado State as an inside linebackers coach ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

Trump administration officials are suing Illinois and top state officials, hoping to force them to turn over suspected illegal immigrants rather than releasing them from jails and state prisons.

The lawsuit argues that the government has authority to regulate immigration, but it needs to work with state and local partners. Chicago and Illinois have some of the strongest protections for ...